曇花

Chinese

		dark clouds	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (曇花)		曇	花
simp. (昙花)		昙	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tánhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ faa¹
Min Nan (POJ): thâm-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tánhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnhua
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam⁴ faa¹
  - Yale: tàahm fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ fa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰäːm²¹ fäː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâm-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: thâm-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tamhoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam²⁴⁻²² hue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam¹³⁻²² hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²³⁻³³ hue⁴⁴/

Noun

曇花

Short for 優曇婆羅花／优昙婆罗花 (yōutánpóluó huā, “cluster fig (Ficus racemosa)”).
Dutchman's pipe cactus; queen of the night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

Derived terms

曇花一現／昙花一现 (tánhuāyīxiàn)

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